# Kanchannagar Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Kanchannagar

Kanchannagar is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **148 people in 32 households**, the 94th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 148people (2011)
- 32households
- 78.1%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanchannagar

Of every 100 households in Kanchannagar in 2011, 52 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Kanchannagar · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**88%

Use banking services ****46%**

**34%

Television ****30%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kanchannagar?

■ Kanchannagar · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**969

Working population ****47.3%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.7% for men and 63.1% for women. 66% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (3%) · **■** Other work 14 (20%) · **■** Marginal 53 (76%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Puncha

- Anandabazar254 people
- Bahadurpur180 people
- Chak Altagora164 people
- Patkua153 people
- Parbad141 people
- Layamara94 people
- Amtakanali38 people
- Shyamdi38 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanchannagar?148 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchannagar in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchannagar?78.1% (Census 2011)